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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Addiction nurse here.  Gosh. Did it ever occur to you to follow medical guidance?  Your psychiatrist and your PCP don't want to write you for this medication.  I can certainly believe it worked well for you in the past, but they are right to be cautious.  It should really only be a "MRI, plane ride" type occasional med.  Not "getting me through a stressful period of days...weeks...etc."  While you weren't willing to tolerate side effects of the SSRI meds, you are ok tolerating the high potential for addiction with this one?[/quote]

Thanks for the condescension but first of all- as stated in my op, I have not yet seen or been given any guidance from a psychiatrist. My question was whether it would be more effective/appropriate to consult one in this case.

My prior PCP of many years (and whose medical guidance I trusted) believed it was appropriate to provide me with a short term prescription for Xanax during a specific high stress situation- and it worked effectively for me without issue. So no, just because one subsequent pcp is hesitant to provide it does not mean I’m going to now take their word as gospel. Clearly some physicians have a knee-jerk reaction against prescribing it, but judging from the wide range of responses there is not medical consensus.

No, I am not particularly worried about the risk of addiction because 1. I know myself and that I am extremely cautious with meds/ don’t have an addictive personality. 2. When I was prescribed it a few years ago I took it only sporadically as indicated and less than the maximum dose and had no issues stopping (with pills left over) once the circumstances improved. I have not felt any need to take it since then until now.

I appreciate the advice/experiences shared by other posters![/quote]

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